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Old Oct 7, 2007 | 08:36 AM
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hey everyone,

i just bought myself a 2001 automatic tib completely stock for $6,400

i wanna put a body kit on it and some tint

but im not sure what to do with the performance, i dont have a high budget so im not looking to dump tons of money into this <u></u>yet<u></u>. remember, its automatic so i dont want to go all out. few of my freinds said get a nice cold air intake and a racing chip and i will be fine but im not sure.

if i could get some inputs on what to do id really appreciate it,

thanks
Old Oct 7, 2007 | 09:54 AM
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search, this is the most asked question on this website. well that and what do i need to be turbo. there are pleanty of threads on this and there are stickys too. mad.gif
Old Oct 7, 2007 | 03:01 PM
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well the best mod you can do to really feel what your engine is capable of is the tranny swap, manual trannys are simply better for the transfer of power to the wheels. but umm... you dont really wanna spend that much on it so.... i dunno.
Old Oct 7, 2007 | 03:27 PM
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Automatic transmissions are terrible in a tiburon. Your best performance mod right now is a manual tranny. Use the search feature.
Old Oct 7, 2007 | 05:28 PM
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^

i agree, the auto tib's are just insanely slow. swap it to a manual, and you probably will be happy enough with just the power gain from the auto ...
Old Oct 7, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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roughly, about how much would it cost to do a tranny swap to a manual?
Old Oct 7, 2007 | 10:49 PM
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search button will tell you everything you want to know
Old Oct 8, 2007 | 01:00 PM
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A racing chip?

...

Okay, thread closed. As told, use the search button, look around the site, chances are, with 8000 members and 4 years of service, your questions, as noobish as they is, have probably been asked, and answered, a few hundred times.




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